Caso Mirage
Introduction During its protracted and delicate transition to democracy during the 1990s, Chile struggled to enforce new anti-corruption norms in
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Author: Xiaodon L. Liang
Patria’s Bribes in Egypt and the Balkans
Introduction Accused of foreign bribery in three different countries within a decade, Finland’s flagship arms manufacturer Patria, majority-owned by the
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India’s Barak 1 Missile Deal
Introduction Not all corruption investigations can uncover enough evidence to proceed to prosecution, and in the case of India’s Barak
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The Pergau Dam ‘Arms for Aid’ Scandal
Introduction In October 1993, a controversy erupted in London over whether the Thatcher government had used UK aid subsidies as
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Embraer’s Dominican and Indian Bribery Schemes
Introduction Brazilian company Embraer is best known as a leading producer of regional civil aircraft, but also builds and successfully
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Glenn Defense Marine Asia and the US 7th Fleet (the ‘Fat Leonard’ scandal)
Introduction While high-value military hardware procurement programs feature most prominently as vehicles for corruption in this compendium, less visible but
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German Submarine Sales to Israel
Introduction Like most submarine sales in recent years, the planned sale by German shipbuilders ThyssenKrupp of three Dolphin-2 submarines to
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Heckler & Koch’s G-36 Rifles in Mexico
Introduction Since the 1990s, German authorities had concerns that German small arms could be used to commit human rights violations
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Armor Holdings and the United Nations
Introduction In one of the rare cases where a payer of bribes went to prison, Richard Bistrong, a vice president
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CAS-Global Ltd. and the Private Nigerian Coast Guard Fleet
Introduction The 2012 sale of seven decommissioned Norwegian naval vessels took a curious turn when a report revealed that they
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